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May 2, 2016

State Department official: Clinton email practices 'not acceptable'

A State Department assistant secretary said Wednesday it's "not acceptable" for any agency employee to conduct government business on a private email server as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did.

May 2, 2016

Emails reportedly show confidant told Clinton Benghazi attack planned by fighters tied to Al Qaeda

A longtime Clinton confidant reportedly advised then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton two days after the 2012 Benghazi terror attack that an Al Qaeda-tied group had planned the deadly assault and used a protest as cover -- but despite this warning, Clinton's U.N. ambassador went on to publicly claim the attack was simply "spontaneous."

April 28, 2016

Kerry visits Hiroshima memorial seven decades after atomic bomb

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited the memorial to Hiroshima's atomic bombing on Monday, delivering a message of peace and hope for a nuclear-free world seven decades after United States used the weapon for the first time in history and killed 140,000 Japanese.

April 28, 2016

Feds reportedly eye interview with Clinton, reach out to aides in email probe

Federal prosecutors reportedly are expected to try to interview Hillary Clinton and already have started reaching out for interviews with top aides as part of the FBI probe into her personal email use, a sign the investigation is moving into a new and potentially final phase.

April 28, 2016

Clinton skipped special cyber briefing in 2011, documents show

Even as then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was warning department employees about the threat from cyber-attacks, she opted to skip a special 2011 cyber briefing that the department security team put together just for her, according to congressional investigators and an unclassified letter from the State Department.

April 28, 2016

Lost Clinton emails unearthed from early 2009

Judicial Watch on Thursday announced that it had unearthed emails from Hillary Clinton's personal email account dated February 2009. Until now, the former secretary of state had maintained she was not using the account at that time.

April 28, 2016

Kerry declares ISIS committing genocide against Christians, others

Secretary of State John Kerry declared Thursday that the Islamic State is committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in the Middle East, after facing heavy pressure from lawmakers and rights groups to make the rare designation.

April 28, 2016

GOP sues State Department over access to Clinton emails

The Republican Party is suing over access to electronic messages sent or received by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her top aides during her tenure as secretary of state.

April 28, 2016

Senators again request State Department staffer testify about Clinton server setup

Senate lawmakers are renewing their request to question the State Department staffer who helped set up Hillary Clinton's private email server following revelations that he has been granted immunity by the Justice Department, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press on Monday.

April 28, 2016

Emails from Rice, Powell's tenure moved to secure network

The State Department has removed emails from its unclassified network from Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell's tenures.